Spokane Fire Department spokesman Brian Schaeffer says the dog also died in the fire that broke out. Schaeffer says three other children and an adult escaped from the blaze in Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood.

He added the fire was 'very intense' in the part of the house where they were found. 'It melted everything,' he said.

'There was no way to survive that.'

Firefighters say the house was a rental. The battery in the house's smoke detector had been removed and was therefore not working. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Police are also investigating the child's death. 'Flames were coming outside of the window.

I ran downstairs and told my wife to call 911! I yelled it out many, many times,' a neighbor told KXLY-TV.